A New Look for Our Homepage

In order to make the "recent news & updates" section of our website easy to find, and in order to make the appearance of the site more visually appealing, we have launched an update to the look of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School project homepage. We now have a much shorter introductory text to the project positioned right in the center of the page, with a slideshow of select images on the righthand side. Blog entries providing updates on the project or other useful and interesting tidbits are provided just below the introductory text and slideshow.

Ainslie Fox Student File

Ainslie Fox Student File

Student file of Ainslie Fox, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and ultimately departed on March 12, 1900. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating that Fox was living in Gowanda, New York in 1910.

In school documentation Ainslie Fox's name is also spelled Ainsley Fox.

 

Second Research Trip to National Archives

For two weeks in mid-January, a second group of researchers undertook a trip to the National Archives in Washington, DC to continue scanning the student files of those who attended the Carlisle Indian School. Tessa Cicak and Katie Walters, special projects assistants at the Waidner-Spahr Library, and Caitlin Moriarty, Friends of the Library Intern in the College Archives, were able to scan 1,550 more student files comprising more than 16,000 pages of documentation.

Louis Cook Student File

Louis Cook Student File

Student file of Louis Cook, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906 and departed on April 21, 1911. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, an outing evaluation, a trade/position card, a progress/conduct card, an outing record, an application for enrollment, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating that Cook was a farmer in Bombay, New York in 1910.

In school documentation Louis Cook is also known as So-he-ri-se.

 

John Cole Student File

John Cole Student File

Student file of John Cole, a member of the St. Regis Nation, who entered the school on September 3, 1902 and departed on September 5, 1902. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating Cole was living in Massena, New York in 1912.

 

Abraham Cole (Am Gan) Student File

Abraham Cole (Am Gan) Student File

Student file of Abraham Cole, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on September 12, 1906 and departed on July 17, 1909. The file contains a progress/conduct card, a student information card, a medical/physical record, an application for enrollment, and a report after leaving indicating Cole was a laborer in Hogansburg, New York in 1911.

In school documentation Abraham Cole is also known as Abram Cole and Am Gan.

 

Samuel Brown Student File

Samuel Brown Student File

Student file of Samuel Brown, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on June 29, 1900 and departed on September 23, 1904. The file contains a returned student survey, a student information card and a report after leaving indicating he was farming in Adams, New York in 1912. 

In school documentation Samuel Brown is also known as Samuel Wilson Brown and Samuel J. Brown.

Note: Brown married fellow student Louisa Chubb.

 

Henry E. Roberts Student File

Henry E. Roberts Student File

Student file of Henry E. Roberts, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 8, 1911 and departed on January 15, 1912. The file contains a student information card, news clippings with photographs, a returned student survey, and correspondence that indicate Roberts was working in the US Indian Service as a clerk at the Union Agency in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1914.

In school documentation Henry E. Roberts is also known as Henry Roberts.

 

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